Fidel Castro was a frequent visitor to Shannon Airport in the 1980’s. For more on 70 years of celebrity stopovers, visit http://www.irishtimes.com/…/shannon-70-years-of…
International Band Competition 1980
A section of the crowd watching the presentation of prizes on the occasion of the annual International Band Competition in Limerick 1980.
The Sky’s the Limit for New Album Release
A new album of songs based on the locally best-selling book Pulling Back the Clouds by author Kieran Beville has taken to the airways. The songs written and performed by Dominic Taylor, the publisher of the book and the director of the Limerick Writers’ Centre was released in May 2021. The album of the book, also […]
Scrapping travel tax a boost for Shannon as Ryan Air plan to grow traffic from Irish Airports
Shannon Airport is expected to benefit from Ryanair’s announcement that it plans to grow its traffic at its Irish airports by at least 1m passengers annually from April 2014. The airline says the move is a direct response to the Government’s announcement in yesterday’s budget that the €3 travel tax (which applies only to air […]
Farmers opposed to new motorway refuse to co-operate with survey engineers
Farmers opposed to a relief road through Clonlara and Parteen have indicated they will not co-operate when engineers arrive to survey their land in the coming weeks. And they have the support of local Fianna Fail councillor Cathal Crowe who has this Wednesday called on Clare County Council to call a halt to the surveys […]